exert

/ɪgˈzɜːt/ verb

Translation

› [T] to use something such as authority, power, influence, etc in order to make something happen

(yetki, güç, nüfuz vb.) uygulamak, kullanmak, tatbik etmek

My parents exerted a lot of pressure on me to do well at school.1338

exert yourself › to use a lot of physical or mental energy to do something

zorlamak, çaba sarfetmek, çabalamak, kendini zorlamak

She was too ill to exert herself much.1860

(Definition of exert verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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